Daily Bulletin: Mark Travel splits with two partners | TSA program draws fire   If you would like to View this message as a WebPage, please Click Here [/http://view.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=b558e127e4b9f63762c56a7a54a8f98043913a09139be77345d2d552054432f4ec21a7601dc5ab1c984edff0cf6ba48a65995887e357513d0ca2b0368e69f8246b8f2fe1cc50248f61c33978e1003e9c] [Travel Weekly] DAILY BULLETIN August 6, 2018     http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=280ffb3cd65245b69bee7a7a415c89e1cf017c758019017b2365b672e7daeeb5d9f444213d7e0eda69863709d38e51939f41a1ce728a5124 TOP STORIES [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Mark-Travel-parts-ways-Playa-Excellence?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Distribution issues lead Mark Travel to part ways with Playa, Excellence Mark, which merged earlier this year with Apple Leisure Group, couldn't reach an agreement with two hospitality companies to sell their brands. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Mark-Travel-parts-ways-Playa-Excellence?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] TSA's Quiet Skies program draws fire An in-flight surveillance program, revealed by the Boston Globe on July 28, has drawn criticism from members of Congress as well as from privacy and civil rights advocates. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/TSA-Quiet-Skies-program-draws-fire?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] [https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Cruise-lines-splurge-on-overhauls?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Flush with cash and demand, cruise lines splurge on overhauls [https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Cruise-lines-splurge-on-overhauls?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Where cruise lines once budgeted $10 million to $25 million on drydocks, with $40 million being an exceptional amount, the expenditures are now increasingly nine digits. 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